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Canadian actor Dean McDermott and the TV series "Chopped Canada" are cutting ties. In a posting on Instagram, McDermott says he will no longer be host of the culinary competition show. He also thanked the "great crew, judges and chefs" as well as Food Network Canada. McDermott also hosted the first season of the show, in which chefs cook dishes using mystery ingredients in an effort to win $10,…

It's hard to imagine anyone but Taraji P. Henson playing Cookie on "Empire," but according to Mo'Nique, she was offered the role first. Mo'Nique appeared on Access … More »Mo'Nique: 'Empire' Role Was Mine

It's hard to imagine anyone but Taraji P. Henson playing Cookie on "Empire," but according to Mo'Nique, she was offered the role first. Mo'Nique appeared on Access Hollywood Live to promote her new project "Blackbird" on Tuesday, but she also spoke very candidly about how her career has been affected since winning the …

It's hard to imagine anyone but Taraji P. Henson playing Cookie on "Empire," but according to Mo'Nique, she was offered the role first. Mo'Nique appeared on Access Hollywood Live to promote her new project "Blackbird" on Tuesday, but she also spoke very candidly about how her career has been affected since winning the …

To say that the gritty new TV drama "American Crime" is imbued with racial undertones is not enough for star Benito Martinez. Debuting Thursday on CTV and ABC, "American Crime" explores the aftermath of the murder of a young war veteran during a home invasion. Felicity Huffman and Timothy Hutton portray the struggling …

NBC Universal is in talks to bring back Andrew Lack to its troubled news operation, which would be the first high-level shake-up following several rough months culminating in the six-month suspension of "Nightly News" anchor Brian Williams for misleading viewers about his experiences covering the Iraq War. An executive …

Daytime television's most popular personality, "Judge Judy" Sheindlin, has extended her contract for three years and plans to keep her court in session into 2020. CBS Television Distribution didn't discuss terms of the deal Monday. Sheindlin is 72. "Judge Judy" is now in its 19th season, and has been the top daytime …

Co-host Julie Chen announced on Monday's episode that Gilbert welcomed a son over the weekend. Chen said Rhodes Emilio Gilbert Perry was born Saturday. Fellow host Sharon Osbourne showed a photo of the newborn.

It turns out there's not a lot of logic in the belief that it's against the law to Vulcanize Sir Wilfrid Laurier's likeness on the $5 bill. The death of Leonard Nimoy last week inspired people to post photos on social media of marked-up banknotes that show Canada's seventh prime minister transformed to resemble Spock, …

Ming-Na Wen says her role as ace pilot and weapons expert Melinda May on "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." has convinced her children that she's cool. "They love the show," says Wen. She says that when her 9-year-old son, Cooper Dominic, saw the show about the Marvel Comics organization debut at San Diego Comic Con in 2013, "He …

This summer's "Sharknado 3" will usher in the Cuban-Coulter administration. The SyFy network said Monday that Dallas Mavericks owner and "Shark Tank" star Mark Cuban will play the president of the United States in the third installment of the goofy "Sharknado" TV movie series, set to premiere in July. Conservative commentator …

Actor Shawn Ashmore is one of the lucky ones. His character, Mike Weston, is still around from the beginning of the series. James Purefoy's psychotic murdering cult leader, Joe Carroll, is now on death row while Kevin Bacon's Ryan Hardy, who spent years obsessed with catching Carroll, is moving forward with his life and …

The troubled characters in Xavier Dolan's forceful film "Mommy" had no trouble sweeping the Canadian Screen Awards on Sunday night, when the acclaimed feature racked up nine prizes including best picture. Dolan's raw look at a widowed mother and her violent teenage son dominated the film categories, with the 25-year-old …